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Xinhua Asia Pacific news summary at 1600GMT, April 6

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China and Pakistan have pledged here to push forward the all-weather strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries.

The pledge came while visiting Chinese top political advisor Yu Zhengsheng met with Pakistani leaders on Wednesday and Thursday. (China-Pakistan-Ties)

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KATHMANDU -- The week-long Chinese Film Festival is starting in Nepal on April 7, organizers said on Thursday.

The film festival will see the screening of eight movies over the course of a week, Dipak Sarkar, president of the World Cultural Net, Dipak Sarkar, who is the main organizer, told Xinhua. (Chinese Film Festival-Napal)

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PHNOM PENH -- Li Yong, director general of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), pledged on Thursday to help encourage foreign investors to Cambodia, a senior Cambodian official said.

Li made the remarks during a meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen at the Peace Palace in capital Phnom Penh, said Kao Kim Hourn, a minister attached to the prime minister. (UNIDO-Cambodia-Investment)

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BANGKOK -- Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn on Thursday signed Thailand's 20th constitution at a royal ceremony.

The ceremony, held at the Ananda Samakhom Throne Hall, was broadcast live on national television at 3 p.m.. The last time this royal ceremony was held at the hall was in 1968. (Thai King-Constitution-Signing)

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TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday rejected calls for the reconstruction minister to step down following remarks he made disparaging Fukushima evacuees and for arguing with a journalist during a press conference.

Calls from opposition parties have been vociferous for Reconstruction Minister Masahiro Imamura to step down, following remarks he made suggesting some evacuees were responsible for their own decision to evacuate Fukushima in the wake of the nuclear disaster there in 2011 and the consequences. (Abe-Call-Rejection)

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TOKYO -- Japan's opposition parties maintained during parliamentary debate on Thursday that a controversial anti-terror conspiracy bill approved by the cabinet of Prime Minster Shinzo Abe remains a danger to the privacy of ordinary citizens and could unjustly punish civic groups and labor unions.

However, the ruling coalition bloc insists that the bill, which has been re-drafted three times, should be passed by the lower house by the end of this month, to be enacted into law following its passage through the upper house prior to the end of the current Diet session in June. (Japan-Opposition-Bill) Endit